LATERAL DISTRIBUTION OF APATITE AND ILMENITE IN GABBRO-NORITES AND IN THE WEATHERING CRUST OF THE TORCHYNSKE DEPOSIT OF APATITE-ILMENITE ORES

A brief characterization of the Torchynske deposit of apatite-ilmenite ores is presented. An attribute database was created on the basis of which the lateral distribution of the average content of apatite and ilmenite in crystalline rocks of the basement and various zones of the weathering crust was studied. Maps of the lateral distribution of the average apatite and ilmenite content in gabbro-norites and in different zones of eluvium (disintegration and leaching, initial hydrolysis, final hydrolysis) were created. The direction and strength of the correlations between ilmenite and apatite in gabbro-norites and in different zones of the weathering crust were investigated.